Engineering skills from times gone by.

First test flight of this Tu144 was on 4 March 1975. On 26 December 1975 it flew Moscow to Almaty, its first destination. Final flight was 29 February 1980 at only 5 years old and 582.5 flight hours logged. Preserved at Monino since.

Eight huge elevons make up the wing trailing edge of the Russian supersonic airliner. Note the MiG-21I wing testbed

Civilian, but another Cold War relic nonetheless. Monino is a most impressive place to visit.